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Mustard Chicken Salad

February 13, 2011 by 8 Comments

These days my house pretty much either looks like this, is about to look like this, or has just looked like this:

So you better believe that if I am going to have a SALAD for dinner, it is going to be a nice, hearty, substantial salad that gives me the strength I need to shovel the driveway again.

Okay, so I don’t personally shovel the driveway.  Ever.  But you get my drift.This scrumptious chicken salad fits the bill perfectly, and in addition the recipe has forever convinced me that if you needed pieces of cooked chicken for something, you MUST roast it in the oven.  I used to be a poach it on the stovetop girl, and all these years I never realized that roasting it makes the cooked chicken taste one million percent better.  One million, not kidding.

Anyway, after you have roasted the chicken and gotten your fabulous-tasting cooked chicken, you quickly dunk some broccoli in some boiling water, just until it is cript-tender and a lovely bright green.  After that it is just a matter of mixing up the mustard dressing and tossing the whole thing together: the chicken, the broccoli, the dressing, some cherry tomatoes and a little tarragon.

Now THAT’S a salad that a person can eat in front of a fireplace.


Mustard Chicken Salad, from Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips 

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Mustard Chicken Salad

Mustard Chicken Salad

Ingredients

4 bone-in chicken breast halves
Olive oil
Coarse salt and fresh ground pepper
5 cups small brocolli florets
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
1/2 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup whole grain mustard
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons minced fresh tarragon
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Place chicken in a baking pan lined with foil and rub with olive oil. Sprinke liberally with salt and pepper and roast for 45 minutes. Cool, discard skin and tear chicken meat into bite-sized pieces.
2. Fill a large bowl with ice water and bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add broccoli to the boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, about one minute. Drain and place the brocolli in the bowl of ice water.
3. make the dressing by whisking the mayo, mustards, vinegar 1 tablespoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt together. Add enough dressing to the chicken to moisten well. Add the tarragon, broccoli and tomatoes and mix gently to combine. If you have time, cover and let sit in fridge for a couple of hours so the flavors can develop even more. Serve at room temperature.

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  1. PoetessWug says:
    February 14, 2011 at 12:06 am

    I love something simple with chicken!..Especially delicious roasted chicken! Yum!

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  2. Joanne says:
    February 14, 2011 at 12:32 am

    I agree. Poached chicken is just kind of eh once you start slightly caramelizing it with roasting. So good. I'm loving the dijon in this chicken salad. I'm kind of obsessed with it.

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  3. Photocat says:
    February 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    Looks O SO GOOD… house and chicken. And there is your lovely green plate again! Can I have your house? Although, I am not shovelling snow, no way, Belgians do NOT shuvvle snow. The salad looks more like something I would prepare in summer or spring, but I have printed it out already.
    I want a book with your recipes and photographs! And a green or blue plate as bonus when you actually buy the book. I would!

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  4. a Broad says:
    February 14, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    I used to make a chicken salad like this but with pasta shells added. That way the kids felt like it was Food and not a Salad . (rolling eyes)… I just bought a rotisserie chicken, it is too hot to cook :) So I can make the same sort of thing with that .
    Thanks for the idea :)

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  5. City Share says:
    February 14, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    Yum. That does look hearty enough for winter. We have been focusing on hot food lately, but I think this probably could be served warm even…

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  6. Vicki says:
    February 14, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    Kate, your house is a dream.

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  7. Alissa says:
    February 15, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    Glad I stumbled onto your blog. Love the photos!

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  8. Aisha Jameel says:
    February 27, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    Your dishes look yum … loved the presentation of the food ! good work
    you can view some of my dishes on http://kitchensojourn.blogspot.com ! i would be really happy if you follow it

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